Hi, during my email conversation with the Todd Weaver in the pre-IME-disabled time, he told me they will fully disable the IME and AMT within next week. After about a week they announced they did just that. Are this links a lie? https://puri.sm/posts/measuring-the-intel-me-to-create-a-more-secure-computer/ <https://puri.sm/posts/measuring-the-intel-me-to-create-a-more-secure-computer/> https://puri.sm/posts/purism-librem-laptops-completely-disable-intel-management-engine/ <https://puri.sm/posts/purism-librem-laptops-completely-disable-intel-management-engine/>
Talking about alternatives: how the Qubes 4.0 stand with RYF certified X200? Like for example this one: https://tehnoetic.com/laptops/tet-x200s <https://tehnoetic.com/laptops/tet-x200s> and others like T400 and T500, which can be found there as well. Working well? Any issues known? Thank you Sep 15, 2018, 1:00 AM by [email protected]: > Everyone please be aware that purism's marketing is dishonest. > > Their products do not have open source firmware[1] and the ME is not > disabled (the kernel still runs along with mask roms and the me hw init > code) > > Intel chips or any new x86 for that matter do NOT respect your privacy! > > [1]Their coreboot is simply a shim loader layer for Intel's FSP binary > blob that performs the hardware initiation - these days coreboot doesn't > necessarily mean open source firmware. > > In terms of laptops it is much better to purchase for instance an owner > controlled pre-PSP AMD G505S[2] which has open cpu/ram init via coreboot > or one of the ivy/sandy thinkpads which while not owner controlled are > significantly more free than puri.crap as they have open cpu/ram/gpu > init via coreboot and their ME can be nerfed down to the BUP layer which > while is not at all equivilant to not having an ME at all such as on > non-x86 arches or pre-PSP AMD it is still much better. > > All of my laptop recommendations here work great with Qubes 4.0 and > there is a nice little qubes g505s community. > > [2](for the best user experience make sure to get the highest end quad > core A10 model if you buy one - although the less expensive A6 quad core > models are still quite usable) > > > I do not have an issue with purism selling non-free laptops - I have an > issue with them being dishonest. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> . > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> . > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/b706b02b-6461-3461-7a6b-19b8ebdb9a8f%40gmx.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/b706b02b-6461-3461-7a6b-19b8ebdb9a8f%40gmx.com>> > . > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>> . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/LMRlztC--3-1%40tutanota.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
